Is it possible to compare researchers with different scientific interests?
Abstract
The number h of papers with at least h citations has been proposed to evaluate individual's scientific research production. This index is robust in several ways but yet strongly dependent on the research field. We propose a complementary index hI = h^2/N_t, with N_t being the total number of authors in the considered h papers. A researcher with index hI has hI papers with at least hI citation if he/she had published alone. We have obtained the...
Paper Details
Title
Is it possible to compare researchers with different scientific interests?
Published Date
Jul 1, 2006
Journal
Volume
68
Issue
1
Pages
179 - 189
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